1 Kings 8:44 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 8:44 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּי
kîy
H3588
that
יֵצֵ֨א
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
עַמְּךָ֤
ʻam
H5971
people
לַמִּלְחָמָה֙
milchâmâh
H4421
battle
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
אֹ֣יְב֔וֹ
ʼôyêb
H341
enemy
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ
derek
H1870
way
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תִּשְׁלָחֵ֑ם
shâlach
H7971
to send
וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ
pâlal
H6419
to pray
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יְהוָ֗ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
דֶּ֤רֶךְ
derek
H1870
way
הָעִיר֙
ʻîyr
H5892
city
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
בָּחַ֣רְתָּ
bâchar
H977
to choose
בָּ֔הּ
וְהַבַּ֖יִת
bayith
H1004
house
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
בָּנִ֥תִי
bânâh
H1129
to build
לִשְׁמֶֽךָ
shêm
H8034
name
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World English Bible Public Domain
If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;
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King James Version Public Domain
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If your people goes out to battle against its enemy by the way that you send them, and they pray to Yahweh the way of the city upon which you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).